What is significant about cumberland church and what are researchers studying there?

The churchs cemetery is believed to have Cherokee buried there. The researchers are studying the subsurface to see if there are unmarked graves of the Native Americans . They found a few unmarked graves and have essentially digitized the entire cemetery . The evidence is circumstantial because they are taking a noninvasive approach.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.